The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Korea. December 1950. South Koreans were recruited for a portage party carrying rations to isolated spots held by Australian troops of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). Here one of the Koreans carrying bulky ration cases on an A frame while a Corporal R. L. Thompson of Port Melbourne, Melbourne, who is carrying an Owen gun keeps a lookout for ambuscades.
South Korean porters have been recruited to carry rations for Australians holding positions in hilly terrain in Central Korea. Here, lines of Koreans with cardboard ration boxes strapped to their bac
On jungle escort duty is Corporal (Cpl) Jeff Smith, 23, of Launceston, Tas, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), demonstrating how to adjust the Alice or 'A' frame which is being used
Supplies must follow close on the heels of an advancing army and in the Korea War the Korean carrier is playing an important role. This line of carriers, possibly members of a Korean Service Corps, i
Armed with an Owen gun and completely loaded up with rations, 2/7655 Private (Pte) Dick Abercrombie, of Wollongong NSW, B Company (B Coy), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), prepares
Carefully made up and packed for easier transport in sandbags, rations were dumped daily in a sheltered position from which the ration fatigue parties collected and carried them to the troops in the f
Hiro, Japan. 1950-09-04. Owen Gunner 1/404 Corporal C. J. Nord, C Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), keeping a sharp lookout across a field of rice and vegetables for the "E
